...We never said our love was evergreen
Or as unchanging as the sea
But if you can still remember
Stop and think of me...

Jeremy Hays as Raoul, Broadway (with Mary Michael Patterson and Marni Raab)

Club Christine, Broadway

"Super fun hour with these amazing women yesterday at "Club Christine". So honored and blessed to be a tiny speck in this legacy. The video will be part of Sierra Boggess' super cute video blog feature on Broadway.com called "Daae Days". She's very entertaining ya'll."

~Jennifer Hope Wills

Christine's US/UK Tour costumes

Slave Girl costume on the Broadway (Samantha Hill) has a lot of beads etc. but UK (Katie Hall) costume has got much better colors - maybe you cannot see that in this picture, but it is by the bad quality. Christine and rest of ballerinas on the Broadway have got crowns and bracelets. In The Tour production, actress haven't got any jewelry. Shame, I prefer costume on the first photo, from the Broadway. On the West End, slavegirl costume is very similar to Tour costume, but actress have a jewelry, so it's look nicer. Anyway, as I said before, I really like colors from The Tours production.

Elissa costume is one of my favorite in Phantom. The difference between Broadway (on the photo is Marni Raab) version of this skirt and The Tours (Julia Udine) is for sure width of skirt. In The Tours (and on the West End), Elissa skirt is extends to downwardly and has wider sides. Generally, that Tours costume is practically identical as the costume in London. The skirt from Broadway is a little narrower than it equivalent in The Tours/on the West End. Decorating in Broadway's skirt are much more pretty than the second costume. I prefer this costume made by creators from Broadway and generally US (Las Vegas, 1st National Tour etc.).

Dressing gown is tied from the other side. If I must be honest, I cannot see in these costumes any biggest differences. I remember that in the bootleg of US Tour with Julia Udine, the dressing gown is too big for her, but it is - I hope so - a mistake made by seamstress. I prefer original costume (Harriet Jones) than this from Tours production (Katie Hall). 

I think, that we shouldn't compare these costumes to itself. Original Star Princess dress (Ashleigh Fleming) is much, much more better and much more refined than this cistume in The Tours (Julia Udine) production. Shame, that creators not given original sleeves to this dress. That's all, what I can say about it.

 As in the case the Masquerade costume that dress in the Tour is awful, cheap, without any good idea. I LOVE original wedding dress. It's real costume from XIX century. In The Tour we have just a nice skirt with ordinary, ugly, white corset. I really don't like this costume in Tours production and really shame for designers that they hadn't any good ideas for that costume.

Summing it all, PONR and WYWSHA costumes are very similar to itself in both productions. Serafimo costume in The Tours is the same as the outfit on the West End. Countess dress is different - for sure - in colors, but I cannot find any good photos to comparision. Aminta dress is the same as on the Broadway - I think. I don't see any other differences.

I prefer original costumes than these from US/UK Tour. Some of the second production are nice, but definitly original are better.

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Christine's dressing gowns

Dressing gown is my favorite Christine's costume in the musical. I just love that contrast between Phantom and Christine, when he took her to his Kingdom of Music. We have the archetype here. The archetype of good and evil. Good, immaculate is white and evil, darkness is black. Into the bargain this music..  It's like a temptation to fall. Dark passion, something erotic... I know that not everyone sees this scene like me, but can you try imagine Christine in this moment in ...I don't know...pink costume? Or yellow? No. Do you remember the video with Colm Wilkinson and Rebecca Caine? Exactly...

Original

We've got here the photos of Marni Raab from Broadway and Robyn North from West End. The only difference between these costumes are decorating on the material. I don't know what can I say about this, because original dressing gown is really perfect. I love a threnody of this costume and that contrast between white dressing gown and colorful corset.

Hungary non-replica

This dressing gown is ugliest. The upper portion looks like jacket on usual white dress. Sleeves're preety but there are too short. That's all what I can say positive about this costume. I definitely don't like it. On these pictures are - I think - Eszter Biro and Linda Kiraly.

2004 movie

My favorite Emmy's costume in the movie. This is exactly that definition of this situation of Christine and Phantom, that I said before. Really nice, big contrast between these characters. Good angel and bad angel. I like that corset. If I could change something in her costume, I would do it less transparent, especially the skirt. I wrote once the note about costumes in this movie, and I say once again, that this is young lady in the same stockings with adult man.

Polish non-replica

Everyone say, that this costume is awful. Well, I like it. Maybe sleeves are too long, but is pretty cool. Nice threnody and hue of white. Skirt is too wide by these valance. Maybe it isn't the best dressing gown, but the idea on this costume was pretty good.

On the photos are Edyta Krzemień and Kaja Mianowana.

Czech non-replica

As I said before, It is the best non-replica's dressing gown. Beautiful trim of skirt. Pretty sleeves. Big, big, big plus. I love it. This costume really reminds me XIX century's clothes. Bravo for the creator of this. Basically, the show in Praga has the best non-replica's costumes. I see in this - once again -  inspiration of Maria Bjornson's projects. On the photo is Michaela Gemrotova.

Love Never Dies, London

Beautiful costume. It is very similar to Rose's outfits from Titanic. The beginning of XX century. Sleeves are so pretty and these valance... You know, I just really love the West End's designers. Great material.

Summing all of this, I can only say that Maria Bjornson was a real genius, and designers from West End are the best of the world.

Before the show:

• Marni Raab - World Tour, US Tour, Broadway (alt.)
• Sara Jean Ford - Broadway (alt.)
• Rachel Barrell - London
• Elizabeth Welch - Broadway (u/s)
• Sierra Boggess - Royal Albert Hall, Broadway
• Samantha Hill - Broadway

Photos from Marni Raab's official site:

1. "Banners in front of the Shanghai Grand for PHANTOM'S World Tour premiere"

2. "Taipei publicity trip with a typhoon at our heels"

3. "Her face was made from a mold of mine. Very creepy"

Brad Little and Marni Raab in Taipei, 2006

 Jeremy Hays, Raoul on Broadway

backstage at POTO: Christines (and two Megs) in Hannibal slavegirl costume